Top 10: NBA Champions

Number 4

1985-86 Boston Celtics (73.6%)

Some Celtics’ fans may actually be surprised at how low this team is, as this was a dominant team with every type of offensive weapon. 1985-86 may be best known as the year Bill Walton won the Sixth Man of the Year award as the best towel-waver in the league.

Number 3

2007-08 Boston Celtics (73.7%)

Yep. Not only is this year’s champion the greatest Celtics team of all time, it is one of the top three teams in NBA history. They played suffocating defense, could score from anywhere on the court and constructed a bench that had a little bit of everything. With 10 teams at .500 or above, the 2007-08 Western Conference was the greatest conference in NBA history. The Celtics went 29-7 against the West, including 6-2 facing the conference champion Lakers.

Number 2

1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers (74.0%)

This was not the year that Wilt Chamberlain went for 50-plus points a game like in 1961-62 — he went for just 24 points and 24 rebounds a contest in 1966-67 — but it was apparently Wilt’s best, most-complete team. Hal Greer and Billy Cunningham are also in the Hall of Fame.

Number 1

1995-96 Chicago Bulls (77.9%)

The 1995-96 Bulls won the division by 20 games, outscored opponents by 12.3 points a game, had the league leaders by wide margins in scoring and rebounding, and placed three players on the first team NBA All-Defensive Team.